Aviva take away and fine food, north sydney
Segafredo coffee. At the base of 20 berry st; lots of seating and a range of biscotti and pastries.
Coffee arrives fast, staff are friendly, but even the thought of relief from a headache can’t help me enjoy the flavour of this good temperature-and-texture coffee. [...]
Voi café, north sydney
Calima coffee. More restaurant than café, this place has a very relaxed feel. Staff are very polite, friendly, professional. They are licenced, have eftpos, air conditioned seating inside for about 20, and could squeeze in another eight outside under umbrellas.
Coffee is synchronised to arrive with the food order, [...]
Café 33, north sydney
Allpress coffee. At the base of the sun building, on the pacific highway: mostly serving people in the building, five people buzz around handling breakfast orders. Prices seem ok, and the place is doing a roaring trade.
Coffee takes a while to arrive, and when it does, it’s an [...]
Cento café, northpoint, north sydney
Vittoria coffee. Food court with no natural light; maybe on a rainy day?
Coffee is as expected. Good temperature, predictable flavour. A bit thin.
Sydney’s best, burwood
Caffe diemne coffee. Don’t let the bright yellow exterior of this café / sandwich bar fool you. Inside you’ll find an enviable range of breakfast and lunch options, including a takeaway bacon omelette that is a bargain at $4.
Coffee was a bit hot, and a bit thin. This isn’t [...]
17 inch MacBook Pro announced. Expensive, but looks like a good laptop.
Everton café, strathfield
Schibello coffee. Sandwich bar near the station - there’s even an old train sign for strathfield on the wall! Staff are friendly, and there are a few locals, and people working nearby, enjoying the morning sun.
Coffee is a good temperature, and a good price. Pleasant taste, milk a little [...]
If you think you should have received an invitation to my thirtieth birthday cafe-crawl, but haven’t yet… please email me.
Peeps!
Originally uploaded by cafedave.
I don’t usually eat a lot of strange candy, but when julie sent me some peeps, after our email discussion of the work at the peep research institute I had to try one.
They taste like sugar-coated (kind of like jubes, where the sugar is [...]
latte at oasis cafe
Originally uploaded by cafedave.
This was actually trev’s latte. While drinking lattes today we watched a cute little dog playing on the steps out the front of the cafe. Suddenly (and I only have one of the coffee-drinkers’ reactions to go by), the dog slips, [...]
Café oasis, glebe
Grinders coffee. Lots of sunlight, comfortable seats and couches. Friendly, colourful staff.
Coffee comes out with a complimentary mint. Coffee is strong, a good temperature. A solid, pleasant coffee.
the lion sleeps later tonight
I’m not particularly knowledgeable about animals, but when there’s a chance to learn about something, I usually jump to it. Friends bought kel and I tickets to “roar and snore” at Taronga Zoo - all we had to do was choose a night to go.
There are two kinds of these tours: [...]
How to build a Light Tent (that’s a white-on-the-inside box for taking photos of individual items on an all-white background)
Taronga food court café, taronga zoo
Ritaza coffee. Mid way through the zoo is an espresso machine, where you can re-energise for the day.
Coffee was surprisingly good for a food court. Strong enough flavour, good temperature: a good walking-around cup. When drinking coffee at the zoo, don’t forget to check where the [...]
Thanks to the generosity of some friends, kel and I are sleeping over at Taronga Park Zoo tonight: I don’t quite know what to expect, but I’m sure it’s going to be a memorable night.
Jago’s on miller, north sydney
Vittoria coffee. Near the north sydney library is this café / restaurant that also sells takeaway coffee.
Spanish guitar music is piped in, and combined with the friendly staff and sandstone walls, this is an inviting space: even more than its exterior would suggest.
Coffee is hot, and a [...]
Ocean Blue café, berry square north sydney
Lavazza coffee. One of the more expensive places, at $3.20 for a regular coffee, this café adjoins a food court. Sky news booms across the well-lit eating space.
Coffee is served cooler than I would have it - a first for north sydney. The coffee is [...]